The 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the eighth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.
The championship was due to begin on 12 June at the Lånkebanen in Norway and end on 10 October at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium; however after calendar adjustments, it began on 23 July at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain and ended on 28 November at the Nürburgring in Germany.
2021 was the first season with the WRC Promoter GmbH as the championship promoter after succeeding IMG, [1] subsequently formed Rallycross Promoter GmbH. [2] Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the second consecutive year, with the title also being his fourth overall. Hansen World RX Team won the Teams' Championship.
The 2021 championship was due to be contested over 10 rounds in Europe, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The initial calendar was released on 16 December 2020, it included two unconfirmed slots: 1 for a round in Europe, and one for a round in the Middle East/Asia. [3] On 26 March 2021, the calendar was adjusted due to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic; and the rounds in Finland, Middle East, and South Africa were removed from the calendar. [4] On 12 May 2021; the calendar was adjusted again by cancelling World RX of Norway, postponing World RX of Sweden, and World RX of Portugal returned to the calendar as the final round. [5]
Constructor | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref |
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QEV Technologies | ![]() | ZEROID X1 [29] | 2 | ![]() | 5 | [30] |
![]() | 5 | ![]() | 1 | [31] | ||
![]() | 2-5 | [32] | ||||
![]() | 11 | ![]() | 3 | [33] | ||
12 | ![]() | 4-5 | [34] | |||
28 | ![]() | 4-5 | [34] | |||
35 | ![]() | 1-2 | [35] | |||
47 | ![]() | All | [36] | |||
82 | ![]() | 2-5 | [32] | |||
121 | ![]() | 3-4 | [33] | |||
![]() | 13 | ![]() | All | [37] | ||
![]() | 14 | ![]() | 2-3 | [38] | ||
![]() | 15 | ![]() | 3 | [33] | ||
![]() | 18 | ![]() | 2 | [32] | ||
![]() | 21 | ![]() | 1-2 | [39] | ||
![]() | 22 | ![]() | 4 | [34] | ||
![]() | 36 | ![]() | 1 | [40] [41] | ||
![]() | 44 | ![]() | 4 | [34] | ||
![]() | 55 | ![]() | 1 | [42] | ||
![]() | 77 | ![]() | 1 | [43] | ||
![]() | 88 | ![]() | 1 | [44] | ||
![]() | 96 | ![]() | All | [45] | ||
![]() | 112 | ![]() | 5 | [30] | ||
![]() | 113 | ![]() | 3 | [33] | ||
![]() | 170 | ![]() | 2 | [32] |
World Championship points are scored as follows:
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Round | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th |
Heats | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Semi-Finals | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Final | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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